Jan. 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The South African Army has announced this Thursday that during the month of February it will carry out joint military maneuvers with Russia and China with the aim of “strengthening the already flourishing relations” between the three countries.
“As a means of strengthening the already flourishing relations between South Africa, Russia and China, a multinational maritime exercise between these three countries, called ‘MOSI’, will take place in the Durban and Richards Bay areas of Kwa- Zulu Natal, between February 17 and 27, 2023,” the Army said.
Thus, he has stated in a statement published on his account on the social network Twitter that “it will be the second time that maneuvers of this type have taken place involving the three naval forces, after the first, carried out in November 2019 in Ciudad Cape, South Africa”.
“The coordinators of the maneuvers have concluded all the necessary coordination and preparation agreements for these maneuvers through virtual planning conferences held at the beginning of December 2022,” he specified.
In this sense, it has specified that 350 South African soldiers will participate in the maneuvers “together with Russian and Chinese counterparts” to “share operational capabilities and knowledge.”
South Africa, one of the countries on the African continent that has declined to position itself in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, assumed in December 2022 the rotating presidency of the group known as BRICS, also made up of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
